Vertebral fracture assessment: Impact of instrument and reader

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-494

  Buehring, B ^a   Krueger, D ^a   Checovich, M ^a   Gemar, D ^a   Vallarta Ast, N ^a   Genant, H K ^b   Binkley, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Densitometry; Vertebral fracture; VFA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 76549134148     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0972-4     Document Type: Article

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